Earth to crabby. Come in crabby. Are you out there? Beam him down Scotty.
What happens if I simply install a different Vista/key on my 3rd drive? Will I end up with a good boot menu--with boot-ability to all three drives? Does this link describe what I should do when installing a SATA/Vista combo--
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install...ta_drivers.htm?